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SUBMITTER: van der Kuyl AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC112814 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van der Kuyl A C AC Dekker J T JT Goudsmit J J
Journal of virology 19991001 10
Analysis of a cat genomic DNA library showed that cats harbor a previously unrecognized endogenous type C retrovirus, whose env gene has homology to the murine Fv-4 resistance gene. This unique retrovirus, designated FcEV (Felis catus endogenous retrovirus), has a type C pol gene, closely related to the primate Papio cynocephalus endogenous virus (PcEV) pol, not overlapping the env gene, unlike in other type C retroviruses, and is presumably present in a higher copy number than RD-114. Phylogene ...[more]